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2017 SEC men's basketball tournament

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2017 SEC men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2016–17
Teams14
SiteBridgestone Arena
Nashville, Tennessee
ChampionsKentucky (31st title)
Winning coachJohn Calipari (5th title)
MVPDe'Aaron Fox (Kentucky)
TelevisionESPN and SEC Network
← 2016
2018 →
2016–17 Southeastern Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 5 Kentucky 16 2   .889 32 6   .842
No. 10 Florida 14 4   .778 27 9   .750
Arkansas 12 6   .667 26 10   .722
No. 6 South Carolina 12 6   .667 26 11   .703
Ole Miss 10 8   .556 22 14   .611
Alabama 10 8   .556 19 15   .559
Vanderbilt 10 8   .556 19 16   .543
Georgia 9 9   .500 19 15   .559
Texas A&M 8 10   .444 16 15   .516
Tennessee 8 10   .444 16 16   .500
Auburn 7 11   .389 18 14   .563
Mississippi State 6 12   .333 16 16   .500
LSU 2 16   .111 10 21   .323
Missouri 2 16   .111 8 24   .250
2017 SEC tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

The 2017 Southeastern Conference men's basketball tournament is the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Southeastern Conference held at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee March 8–12, 2017.

Seeds

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Seed School Conference
record
Overall
record
Tiebreaker
1 Kentucky‡† 16–2 26–5
2 Florida 14–4 24–7
3 Arkansas 12−6 23–8 1–0 vs. South Carolina
4 South Carolina 12–6 22–9 0–1 vs. Arkansas
5 Alabama# 10–8 17−13 1–0 vs. Ole Miss, 1–0 vs. Vanderbilt
6 Ole Miss# 10–8 19–12 0–1 vs. Alabama, 1–0 vs. Vanderbilt
7 Vanderbilt# 10–8 17–14 0–1 vs. Alabama, 0–1 vs. Ole Miss
8 Georgia# 9–9 18–13
9 Tennessee# 8–10 16−15 1–0 vs. Texas A&M
10 Texas A&M# 8–10 16–14 0–1 vs. Tennessee
11 Auburn 7–11 18–13
12 Mississippi State 6–12 15–15
13 LSU 2–16 10–20 1–0 vs. Missouri
14 Missouri 2–16 7–23 0–1 vs. LSU
‡ – SEC regular season champions, and tournament No. 1 seed.
† – Received a double-bye in the conference tournament.
# – Received a single-bye in the conference tournament.
Overall records include all games played in the SEC Tournament.

Schedule

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Game Time* Matchup# Television Attendance
First round – Wednesday, March 8
1 6:00 PM
#12 Mississippi State vs. #13 LSU
SEC Network 8,567
2 8:30 PM
#11 Auburn vs. #14 Missouri
Second round – Thursday, March 9
3 12:00 PM
#8 Georgia vs. #9 Tennessee
SEC Network 11,973
4 2:30 PM
#5 Alabama vs. #12 Mississippi State
5 6:00 PM
#7 Vanderbilt vs. #10 Texas A&M
13,112
6 8:30 PM
#6 Ole Miss vs. #14 Missouri
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 10
7 12:00 PM
#1 Kentucky vs. #8 Georgia
SEC Network 18,130
8 2:30 PM
#4 South Carolina vs. #5 Alabama
9 6:00 PM
#2 Florida vs. #7 Vanderbilt
14,227
10 8:30 PM
#3 Arkansas vs. #6 Ole Miss
Semifinals – Saturday, March 11
11 12:00 PM
#1 Kentucky vs #5 Alabama
ESPN 19,196
12 2:30 PM
#7 Vanderbilt vs #3 Arkansas
Championship – Sunday, March 12
13 12:00 PM
#1 Kentucky vs #3 Arkansas
ESPN 19,953
*Game times in CT.[a] # – Rankings denote tournament seed

Bracket

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First round
Wednesday, March 8
SECN
Second round
Thursday, March 9
SECN
Quarterfinals
Friday, March 10
SECN
Semifinals
Saturday, March 11
ESPN
Championship
Sunday, March 12
ESPN
1Kentucky71
8Georgia598Georgia60
9Tennessee571Kentucky79
5Alabama74
4South Carolina53
5Alabama755Alabama64
12Mississippi State7912Mississippi State551Kentucky82
13LSU523Arkansas65
2Florida62
7Vanderbilt667Vanderbilt72*
10Texas A&M417Vanderbilt62
3Arkansas76
3Arkansas73
6Ole Miss866Ole Miss72
11Auburn8314Missouri74
14Missouri86*

* denotes overtime period

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ The United States began daylight saving time at 2:00 am on Sunday, March 12. As a result, times through the semifinal games are listed in Central Standard Time while the championship game is listed in Central Daylight Time.

References

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